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January 15 2025
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Retreat and Annual Meeting
Get ready for our VPC All Church Retreat, to be held on Sunday, January 26. We’ll combine worship and our Annual Meeting of the Congregation, with coffee hour and lunch.
Our retreat will be held offsite, at Camp Burton, in Huber Hall, from 9:00 – 3:00. Coffee, tea, and pastries will be available before worship at 10:00 (ish).
In addition to worship and our annual meeting, we’ll have an opportunity to share our ideas and thoughts on how to keep VPC vibrant, welcoming, and relevant through the next generation. We’ll also include games and a chance to walk outdoors and take in nature’s beauty.
We’ll make this retreat accessible through Zoom, so everyone can attend and participate.
Lunch will be a potluck. There’s a signup sheet in the East Room.
Dress warmly and casually and be ready for a fun and meaningful fellowship experience.
Faith Exploration
Faith exploration will meet on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 7 PM on Zoom. The program will be a discussion of a sermon on covenants. I will get a copy of the sermon and some questions sent to those interested by the end of the week and bring copies to church. Lindsay Hofman
Coffee Hour Discussion
This Sunday during coffee hour, you are invited to “Thomas at the Table.” At one table in the social hall there will be discussion questions for those who want to get to know one another a little better and maybe go a little deeper in conversation.
Teaser question for this week: “Is there a word or two words that you just love or a word or two words that just drives you crazy (a word you just don’t like)?”
Come on Sunday and check it out! And shout out to Thomas for being willing to host this table time.
California Wildfire Relief
Our parent denomination has established an account for financial support for California fire relief efforts. The designation is DR000165, which supports the church’s response to wildfires in the U.S. Gifts can be made online at www.pcusa.org, by phone at 800-728-7228, ext. 5885, or by check made payable to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) with “PDA-CF25-E” written on the memo line and mailed to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700.
Book Club News
For book club this month we are reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Isiguro. Our normal date has been changed to the last Friday of the month, January 31. Cherry Champagne will be hosting. Her address is 4715 SW Point Robinson Rd. See you there for a potluck at 6!
IFCH Meals
VPC is responsible for the IFCH meal on January 28 and February 25. There is a sign up sheet in the east room; please consider bringing part of the meal.
Sanctuary Flowers
There are open dates in January, February and March for sanctuary flower donations. A sign-up sheet is in the east room. If you provide flowers as a memorial, please let the office staff know so the information can be included in the bulletin.
Upcoming
- Friday 11:00 am – Anything Goes (Grief Group) (Zoom)
- Friday 7:00 pm – Game Night (Zoom)
- Sunday 10:00 am – Sunday worship service (hybrid)Tuesday 9:00 am – Coffee at Sporty’s
- Tuesday 10:00 am – Deacons’ meeting (VPC library)
- Tuesday 7:00 pm – Faith Exploration (Zoom)
- Wednesday 8:30 am – Body prayer (Zoom)
- Wednesday noon – Text study (Zoom)